Latest Blog Posts
Two-Year Nursing Degrees No Longer Enough for Hospitals
Hundreds of hospitals across the country are experiencing a changing shift in the educational demands for nurses, sending thousands of caretakers back to school, according...
Companies Put Aside Competition for the Benefit of Autism Drug Research
Competition between pharmaceutical companies to develop the newest, best drug is commonplace in the medical world. What is rare is when two competitors join forces,...
Learning Medicine is One Thing, Learning Empathy is Another
Greater physician empathy has been associated with fewer medical errors, better patient outcomes and fewer malpractice claims, according to The New York Times. But the...
Are Hospitalists Really the Best Answer for Patient Care?
The differences between inpatient and outpatient care were examined in a recent blog for The New York Times, as well as a subspeciality created in...
Defective Urinary Implant Devices Halted Too Late
The production of four types of mesh implants used to treat urinary incontinence, and known as controversial for years, has been halted by Johnson &...
Medical Billing Mistakes Cost Ohio Patients Thousands of Dollars
According to Cleveland’s News Channel 5’s Investigators, an alarming statistic was released by the Medical Billing Advocates of America, a group of experts who help...
Whistle-Blowers Spark Needed Change in Ohio Law
Four former sales staff members tipped off authorities to Abbott Laboratories’ improper marketing of medication and will now split $84 million, according to the Columbus...
Ohio’s War on Prescription Drug Abuse
New emergency room protocols will make it more difficult for patients to receive narcotic painkillers from ERs and urgent-care centers, the source of nearly 40...
Medical Billing: An Arcane System
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is running a year-long examination of a system that affects every patient in America, usually causing undue stress and a myriad...
Medical Malpractice: Is “I’m Sorry” Enough?
Several hospitals across the country are adopting an apology program based on the assumption that saying “I’m sorry” would make patients less likely to sue,...
Patients to Pay More for Out-of-Network Care
The nation’s largest health insurers have been accused of manipulating out-of-network care pricing, and now they are conning patients into significantly increased costs for this...
Older Transplant Patients Getting Second Chance at Life
More patients over the age of 65 are being considered for heart transplants, patients who would have been routinely rejected just ten years ago, according...